Celebrated as the "island of love" by smitten French explorers, Tahiti is the French territory's administrative and commercial backbone.

BBC: Getting in the Tahitian spirit

Recruitment firm Rockpools have been conducting a wide-ranging and rigorous search to fill the nine senior posts - ranging from head of men's and women's tennis to commercial director - that will form the backbone of the LTA's efforts to re-invigorate tennis in Britain.

BBC: SPORT | Tennis | Henman backs Annacone to join LTA

Traffic on carrier backbone networks is growing exponentially, driving global momentum for commercial 100G deployments and attracting attention on optical transport beyond 100G.

ENGADGET: Huawei tests 2Tbps data transmission over Vodafone's German network, calls it a 'first'

The scientists believe that, since thinly populated areas hold little incentive for commercial internet service providers, public sector investment is needed to establish a backbone of internet connections across rural Scotland.

BBC: High speed rural broadband hope

Now they're using that powerful backbone to understand the demands of future computer users and test equipment for eventual commercial release.

FORBES: Consortium Builds Next-Generation Net

The problem was that the images themselves, the backbone of the art presented, weren't great to begin with, said award-winning commercial photographer David Allan Brandt.

CNN: Art photography: When 'reality isn't good enough'